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 Definitions of Struggle  [ˈstrʌg əl]  

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Definition of 'Struggle' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) struggle
to contend vigorously with an adversary or adverse conditions.

2.  struggle
to contend resolutely with a task or problem.

3.  struggle
to make strenuous efforts; strive.

4.  struggle
to advance with great effort:
to struggle through heavy snow.

5. (v.t.) struggle
to bring, put, etc., by struggling.

6.  struggle
to make (one's way) with great effort.

7. (n.) struggle
an act or instance of struggling.

8.  struggle
a war, fight, conflict, or contest of any kind.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME struglen, stroglen, freq. v. (see -le ) formed on a base of obscure orig.)

Definition of 'Struggle' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) struggle, battle
an energetic attempt to achieve something
"getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"

2. (noun) conflict, struggle, battle
an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
"the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"

3. (verb) struggle
strenuous effort
"the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"

4. (verb) fight, struggle
make a strenuous or labored effort
"She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

5. (verb) struggle
to exert strenuous effort against opposition
"he struggled to get free from the rope"

6. (verb) clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

7. (verb) contend, fight, struggle
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
"the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"


Definition of 'Struggle' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) struggle
to try hard to do sth difficult
He struggled to overcome his learning difficulties.; Fish are struggling for survival in the lake.

2.  struggle
struggle against
to try hard to end or prevent sth
to struggle against racism

3.  struggle
to move when this is difficult
She struggled out from under the bed where she had hidden.

4.  struggle
to fight with sb
The two men struggled, trying to grab the gun.

5.  struggle
to argue with sb
rival political groups struggling for power; the family's struggle to succeed; his struggle for recognition; a power struggle within the government; The man was killed in a struggle outside the club.


Definition of 'Struggle' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Struggle
a violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress

2. (noun) Struggle
great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil

3. (noun) Struggle
contest; contention; strife

4. (verb) Struggle
to strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body

5. (verb) Struggle
to use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity

6. (verb) Struggle
to labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress


Translation of 'Struggle' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to twist violently when trying to free oneself
The child struggled in his arms.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: worstel, spook Arabic flag Arabic: يُحاوِل الإفْلات بِعُنْف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: мъча се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: debater-se Czech flag Czech: zmítat se German flag German: zappeln
Danish flag Danish: vride sig; stritte imod Greek flag Greek: αγωνίζομαι, παλεύω Spanish flag Spanish: luchar, forcejear
Estonian flag Estonian: rabelema Farsi flag Farsi: مبارزه كردن Finnish flag Finnish: rimpuilla
French flag French: se débattre Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהֵיאָבֵק Hindi flag Hindi: हाथ-पैर मारना
Croatian flag Croatian: otimati se, opirati se Hungarian flag Hungarian: küzd Indonesian flag Indonesian: memberontak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: brjótast um Italian flag Italian: dibattersi Japanese flag Japanese: もがく
Korean flag Korean: 몸부림치다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: grumtis, stengtis ištrūkt Latvian flag Latvian: turēties/cīnīties pretī
Malay flag Malay: bergelut Dutch flag Dutch: spartelen Norwegian flag Norwegian: stritte mot, kjempe, slås
Polish flag Polish: walczyć, wyrywać się Persian flag Persian: مبارزه كردن Pashto flag Pashto: مبارزه کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: debater-se Romanian flag Romanian: a se zbate Russian flag Russian: биться
Slovak flag Slovak: zmietať sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: otepati se Serbian flag Serbian: migoljiti se
Swedish flag Swedish: streta, sprattla, kämpa Thai flag Thai: ต่อสู้ Turkish flag Turkish: çabalamak, çırpınmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 掙扎 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: битися, відбиватися Urdu flag Urdu: ہاتھ پیر مارنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vẫy vùng, vật lộn Chinese flag Chinese: 挣扎

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